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The Cherry Robbers
Sarai Walker
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Beschreibung
'Sarai Walker has done it again ... upends the Gothic ghost story with a fiery feminist zeal.' Maria Semple, bestelling author of Where'd You Go Bernadette
'A riveting, gothic page-turner' the New York Times
'Wonderful... A book one doesn't want to put down... I highly recommend' Sarah Jessica Parker
The reclusive Sylvia Wren, one of the most important American artists of the past century, has been running from her past for sixty years. Born Iris Chapel, of the Chapel munitions dynasty, second youngest of six sisters, she grew up in a palatial Victorian 'Wedding Cake House' in New England, neglected by her distant father and troubled, haunted mother.
The sisters longed to escape, but the only way out was marriage. Not long after the first Chapel sister walks down the aisle, she dies of mysterious causes, a tragedy that repeats with the second sister, leaving the rest to navigate the wreckage, with heart-wrenching consequences.
The Cherry Robbers is a wonderfully atmospheric, propulsive novel about sisterhood, mortality and forging one's own path.
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Delightfully eerie mix of bildungsroman and ghost story. This uncanny tale of dark origins shines brightly
Wonderful ... I highly recommend ... a book one doesn't want to put down'
Exquisitely tense and satisfyingly spooky... masterfully blends psychological and supernatural horror...a darkly erotic exploration of female desire, duty and destiny via an ensemble of nuanced female characters, each with distinct personalities and rich inner lives...will keep readers frantically flipping pages. <i>The Cherry Robbers</i> is not to be missed
Walker'
Sharp, gothic tale
A riveting, gothic page-turner... evocatively captures the tempo, languor and decadence of the ivory tower in which the sisters are trapped... a dazzling world... their unfulfilled longings haunt these pages as powerfully as any family curse
Walker plays along with the feminist gothic form, with the idea of a family curse, and we cannot but play along, caught up in the suspense to the inevitable end
<p>Praise for <i>Dietland</i>:<br>'If Amy Schumer turned her subversive feminist sketches into a novel, dark on the inside but coated with a glossy, palatable sheen, it would probably look a lot like <i>Dietland</i> - a thrilling, incendiary manifesto disguised as a beach read.'
A twisted take on the artist's coming-of-age story, <i>The Cherry Robbers</i> tackles deep questions about marriage, sexuality, familial loyalty, guns and the artist'
Gorgeously written and all-consuming, and left me more than a little heartbroken
Sarai Walker's debut novel does something few contemporary writers - whether green or seasoned - have managed to do well: <i>Dietland</i> is a searing feminist manifesto, a hardcore, politically-charged criticism of the unavoidable ills that plague women today. But, guess what? It'
Oh, I love Sarai Walker's <i>The Cherry Robbers</i>! <i>The Cherry Robbers</i> tackles deep questions about marriage, sexuality, familial loyalty, guns and the artist'
Filled with incredible writing, deliciously dark and gothic themes and strong female characters, this new novel is not one to miss
Walker creates a dazzling world filled with the scents and colors of flowers that will later become the foundation for Sylvia's subversive paintings. Just as subversive is the swirl of voices of the women at the story'
Long-anticipated... spooky... speaks to the author'
Hooray! Sarai Walker has done it again. With <i>The Cherry Robber</i>s she upends the Gothic ghost story with a fiery feminist zeal.
Thrums with violence, oppression, and blood. This fierce feminist tale hit me in the heart and hasn'
Takes one interesting new turn after another... a heady mix of gothic fiction and incisive art thriller
Sarai Walker has done it again. She upends the Gothic ghost story with a fiery feminist zeal
Earning comparisons to The Virgin Suicides for its singularly unlucky siblings and gothic mystery
This feminist Gothic thriller whisks readers from New Mexico in 2017 to Connecticut in 1950, straight into the bull'
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The Virgin Suicides, Winchester rifle House, Shirley Jackson, Tigers in Red Weather, Agnes Martin, novels about Sisters, Dietland novel, Georgia O’Keeffe, Rose Red, we have always lived in the castle, Daisy Johnson, Jeffrey Eugenides